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Re: toggle aria-expanded in Bootstrap collapse component

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jun 19, 2015 9:37AM

On 19/06/2015 13:44, Gijs Veyfeyken wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that the aria-expanded attribute doesn't automatically toggle from true to false when a panel opens or closes.
>
> Demo:
> http://gijs.anysurfer.be/test/collapse.html <http://gijs.anysurfer.be/test/collapse.html>;
>
> http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#collapse <http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#collapse>;
> "The plugin will automatically toggle this attribute based on whether or not the collapsible element has been opened or closed."

Your page is using Bootstrap 3.2.0
http://cdn.anysurfer.be/js/bootstrap.min.js

Upgrade to the current 3.3.5.

If you check the live example in the documentation, you should see that
aria-expanded is correctly updated on the toggling element.

P
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